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Transforming lives through surgeries in Sarawak

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DPM Dr Wan Azizah launches Etiqa free cervical screening programme for women in B40 communities

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Only 30% of Malaysians who suffer stroke survive with no or mild disabilities

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Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye urge insurers to include hospice care in policy

Comprehensive strategy to develop workforce through training and education
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Teacher's battle against pregnancy discrimination recognised with human rights award

CEDAW recognizes intersectionality in discrimination
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Sarawak General Hospital joins QVIA's network of globally qualified phase 1 oncology sites

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    • ARTHRITIS
    • ASTHMA
    • BACK PAIN
    • BRAIN DISORDERS
    • BREAST CANCER
    • CANCER
    • CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
    • CERVICAL CANCER
    • CORNEAL ULCER
    • CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)
    • DEMENTIA
    • DENGUE
    • DENTAL PROBLEMS
    • DIABETES
    • DRUG ABUSE
    • ECZEMA
    • ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
    • EYE
    • FIBROIDS
    • GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
    • INFLUENZA (FLU)
    • HEADACHES & MIGRAINES
    • HEPATITIS
    • HIV & AIDS
    • JOINT PAIN
    • KIDNEY DISEASE
    • LUNG CANCER
    • LUPUS
    • MELASMA
    • MENTAL HEALTH
    • MOUTH-AND-TEETH
    • OBESITY
    • OSTEOPOROSIS
    • POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
    • POMPE DISEASE
    • PSORIASIS
    • SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
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    • SLEEP
    • STROKE
  • DISABILITIES & SPECIAL ABILITIES
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    • AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
    • BLINDNESS & VISION IMPAIRMENT
    • CEREBRAL PALSY
    • DOWN SYNDROME
    • PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME
  • NURSING RESOURCES
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